WORLD SPORTS STARS: November 2010

Friday, November 26, 2010

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Player career

Ole Gunnar Solskjær (born 26 February 1973 in Kristiansund, Møre og Romsdal) is a Norwegian football manager and former footballer who spent most of his career playing for Manchester United. He is the current Manchester United Reserves manager. From January 2011 he will be managing his former club Molde. Often dubbed "the baby-faced assassin", he played 366 times for the Red Devils and scored 126 goals during a very successful period for the club. Solskjær's defining moment in football came in injury time of the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final where he scored the winning last-minute goal against Bayern Munich, completing a remarkable comeback and winning The Treble for United. At United, he was recognised as a "Super Sub" for his knack of coming off the bench to score last-minute goals.
Before he moved to England, Solskjær completed a year's national service in the Norwegian Army,[1] and played part time for Third Division Norwegian Clausenengen FK, later moving to Norwegian Premier League Molde FK in 1994. He joined United in 1996, for a transfer fee of £1.5 million. He is a patron of the Manchester United Supporters' Trust (formerly Shareholders United).
In 2007, Solskjær announced his retirement from football after failing to recover from a serious knee injury. However, Solskjær remained at Old Trafford in a coaching role, as well as in an ambassadorial capacity. In 2008, Solskjær became Manchester United's first full-time Reserve team manager since 2006, taking over from Brian McClair and Jimmy Ryan, who had filled the role in a caretaker capacity. He also supervises a training academy for young footballers in his home town of Kristiansund.
Contents
* 1 Player career
o 1.1 Early career
o 1.2 Early Manchester United years
o 1.3 Injury-plagued seasons
o 1.4 Back from injury
o 1.5 Testimonial
* 2 Managerial career
o 2.1 First step into coaching
o 2.2 Molde
* 3 Personal life
* 4 International career
* 5 International goals
* 6 Career statistics
* 7 Honours
o 7.1 Player
o 7.2 Manager
o 7.3 Individual
* 8 References
* 9 External links
Player career
Early career
Solskjær first played for Clausenengen and impressed in the Otta Cup as a 17-year-old with 17 goals in six matches. He then joined Molde in 1995 and scored 20 goals in his first season in the Norwegian Premier League.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Atsuto Uchida Club team career statistics

Atsuto Uchida (内田篤人, Uchida Atsuto?, born March 27, 1988 in Kannami, Shizuoka) is a Japanese footballer, who currently plays for Schalke 04. He is a right wingback.
Contents
* 1 Club career
* 2 International career
* 3 Personal honors
* 4 Team honors
* 5 Club team career statistics
* 6 National team statistics
* 7 National team career statistics
o 7.1 Appearances in major competitions
o 7.2 Goals for Senior National Team
* 8 Notes
* 9 External link
Club career
Uchida was educated at and played for Shimizu Higashi High School prior to joining the Kashima Antlers in 2006.[1] On 5 March 2006, he debuted for Kashima at the age of 17 in the season-opener against Sanfrecce Hiroshima, since which he has remained a fixture in the starting eleven. His first goal as a professional footballer came on 21 March 2006 when he scored against Ventforet Kofu. He was also selected by popular vote to play in the 2006 J. League All-Star Soccer game. On 13 June 2010, German club FC Schalke 04 announced that they had signed the Japanese international on a three-year contract.
International career
He represented Japan at several underage levels. He was part of the Japan team for the AFC Youth Championship 2006 finals hosted by India and Japan finished runners-up. He also took part in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals hosted by Canada.
In 2006, he received an international call-up from national coach Ivica Osim but did not play any game. He finally made a full international debut for Japan on January 26, 2008 in a friendly against Chile at National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. This was the first match under the reign of new manager Takeshi Okada. On February 6, 2008 he played 90 minutes for Japan in a 4-1 win against Thailand and became the first teenage Japanese footballer to play FIFA World Cup qualification after the establishment of the J. League in 1993. On June 22, 2008 he scored the winner in a 1-0 win against Bahrain. It was his first international goal and he became the youngest Japanese goalscorer in FIFA World Cup qualification at age 20 years and 87 days, beating an 11-year-old record that was held by Hidetoshi Nakata.

He was a member of the Japan team for the 2008 Summer Olympics finals.[3]
Personal honors
* J. League Best Eleven - 2008, 2009
Team honors
* J. League Division 1 - 2007, 2008, 2009
* Emperor's Cup - 2007
* Japanese Super Cup - 2009
Club team career statistics

Atsuto Uchida.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

daniel alves Career statistics

Daniel Alves da Silva (born 6 May 1983 in Juazeiro), commonly known as Dani Alves, is a Brazilian footballer. He currently plays as an attacking right back for FC Barcelona and the Brazilian national team. Before joining Barcelona, Alves spent a successful six year spell with Sevilla, winning two UEFA Cups and the Copa del Rey with the Andalusian side. He joined Barcelona for €34 million plus add-ons of €6 million, and won the Treble in his first season with the club. Alves holds a Spanish passport.
Contents
* 1 Club career
o 1.1 Bahia
o 1.2 Sevilla
o 1.3 Barcelona
* 2 International career
* 3 Career statistics
o 3.1 International career
* 4 Honours
* 5 References
* 6 External links
Club career
Bahia
Daniel Alves made his professional debut for Bahia in a match against Paraná Clube, for the 2001 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Bahia won 3-0, with Alves providing two assists and winning a penalty for the other goal. Coach Evaristo de Macedo proceeded to give him a starting place in the team from then on. His constant good performances landed him a transfer, at first on a loan, to Spanish side Sevilla, halfway through 2002.
Sevilla
After 2002–03, on loan to Sevilla from Bahia, Alves travelled to play in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship where he impressed as Brazil won the tournament. He was named as the third best player of the tournament and, after this, the Sevilla move was made permanent.
In June 2006, Sevilla had agreed to sell Alves to Liverpool, but they were unable to match their asking price of around £8 million. In December 2006, he signed a new contract with Sevilla, tying him to the club until 2012. He had a successful 2006–07 season, making 47 appearances and scoring five goals. He also played in every one of Sevilla's UEFA Cup matches which the club went on to win.
From his years in Spain, he also acquired Spanish citizenship, thus allowing him to bypass any non-EU quota restrictions and exempting him from needing a work permit to play in any EU countries.
On 1 August 2007, Alves told SporTV that he wanted to leave Sevilla for a European giant,later reiterating his desire to leave Sevilla to Marca, stating that he was flattered by Chelsea's interest and that he could never turn down such an opportunity. In an interview with Antena 3 on 8 August, Dani Alves confirmed that his agent had been in England for some time handling Chelsea's offer, urging Sevilla to at least consider the offer.
On 16 August 2007, Sevilla rejected an unspecified Chelsea bid and, six days later, rejected another two bids from Chelsea for Dani Alves, considering them to be "way below what was expected. NILI Saad later revealed his dismay with Sevilla president José María del Nido for having knocked back Chelsea's offers for his services after his move to Stamford Bridge collapsed, with Chelsea signing fellow Brazilian full back Juliano Belletti for a much lower fee.
After a public war of words between Alves and del Nido and the death of team-mate Antonio Puerta, Alves decided to stay with Sevilla, with player and president appearing reconciled.
Barcelona
Dani Alves (right) and Lionel Messi in a match against Villarreal.
On 2 July 2008, Alves joined FC Barcelona. He left Sevilla in tears and said that he would love to play for Sevilla again. He said that he came to Sevilla as a boy and is now leaving as a man, but later broke down in tears at the press conference. The official price of the transfer stands at £23 million up front, with about £7 million more to pay depending on a number of performance related factors over the next few seasons of Alves' Barcelona career, making him the world's most expensive defender and the third most expensive player bought by Barça. He signed a four-year contract with Barcelona, that includes a buy-out clause of €90 million.
Alves made his competitive and European debuts for Barcelona against Wisła Kraków in the 2008-09 UEFA Champions League third-round qualifiers on 13 August 2008. He made his La Liga debut in the season-opener away to Numancia on 31 August 2008. Dani Alves missed the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final due to a yellow-card suspension; Barcelona beat Manchester United 2–0 and thus completed The Treble. In his second season at FC Barcelona, the club retained the La Liga title.
On 30 October 2010 he scored the 3rd goal in Barça 5 - 0 win over Sevilla, he refused to celebrate the goal with his teammates, and appeared as unhappy with this goal.
International career
Alves made his Brazil debut as a substitute in an unofficial friendly match against Kuwait club Al-Kuwait Selection on 7 October 2006. Three days later, he earned his first international cap in a friendly against Ecuador. He was included in Brazil's team for the 2007 Copa América. He appeared in four matches including the final against Argentina, where he gave an assist and scored a goal in a 3–0 victory. Despite being the most expensive right-back in history, he has been unable to hold down a regular starting spot in the national team with Maicon being the first choice ahead of him. Alves came on as a substitute in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup semi-final against South Africa and scored the winner, a free-kick and a traditional Brazilian full back goal in the style of Roberto Carlos in the 88th minute in a 1–0 win. He scored another long range free-kick against Iran on 7 October 2010.
Career statistics
As of 16/10/ 2010
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Bahia 2001 6 0 0 — — 6 0 0
2002 19 2 0 — — 19 2 0
Total 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 2 0
Sevilla 2002–03 10 0 2 1 0 0 — 11 0 2
2003–04 29 1 7 6 1 1 — 35 2 8
2004–05 33 2 8 2 0 2 9 0 3 44 2 13
2005–06 36 3 8 2 0 0 14 0 5 52 3 13
2006–07 34 3 11 8 0 3 15 2 5 57 5 19
2007–08 33 2 15 5 0 0 9 2 3 47 4 18
Total 175 11 51 24 1 6 47 4 16 246 16 73
Barcelona 2008–09 34 5 10 8 0 3 12 0 2 54 5 12
2009–10 29 3 10 6 0 2 13 0 3 48 3 15
2010–11 12 1 2 2 0 1 4 1 1 18 2 4
Total 75 9 22 16 0 6 29 1 6 120 10 32
Career total 275 22 73 40 1 12 76 5 22 391 28 104

daniel alves

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Stanislas Wawrinka career

Stanislas "The Manislas Wawrinka (born 28 March 1985 in Lausanne) is a Swiss professional tennis player. His career ranking high is #9, achieved on 9 June 2008.
He considers clay his best surface, and his backhand his best shot. He won the gold medal for Switzerland in the men's doubles event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, partnering Roger Federer, by beating Swedish team Simon Aspelin/Thomas Johansson in the final. They were also honoured with the 2008 Swiss Team of the Year Award.
John McEnroe believes Wawrinka has one of the most powerful backhands he has ever seen and describes him as having "the best one-handed backhand in the game today".
Contents
* 1 Career
* 2 Personal life
* 3 Commercial endorsements
* 4 Major finals
o 4.1 Olympic finals
+ 4.1.1 Doubles: 1 (1 gold medal)
o 4.2 Masters finals
+ 4.2.1 Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
* 5 Career finals
o 5.1 Singles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups)
o 5.2 Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)
* 6 Singles performance timeline
* 7 References
* 8 External links
Career
Wawrinka stopped attending regular schooling at age 15 to focus full-time on tennis. However, he continued his schooling by distance education with French organization "CNED", which offered him greater flexibility with studying times.
Wawrinka started playing international junior events at age 14 and entered the satellite circuit the following year. He compiled an outstanding junior career, winning the 2003 French Open junior championships and finishing as the number 14 junior.
Wawrinka, one of four tennis-playing siblings, turned pro in 2002 at the age of 17. By the end of 2005 he hovered just outside the Top 50. He has a 2–3 career Davis Cup singles record in three ties. He was coached from age eight until June 2010 by Dimitri Zavialoff.
In the 2007 Australian Open, Wawrinka reached the 3rd round to be beaten by second seed Rafael Nadal. He has so far never beaten Nadal, losing in Melbourne 6–2 6–2 6–2. He showed some impressive backhand skills, but was unable to deal with Nadal's heavy game.
In October 2006, Wawrinka reached a career high No. 29 and had high hopes to reach the Top 20 in 2007. But those plans were put on hold when he suffered a three-month setback, tearing a tendon in his right knee while practicing for the Swiss Davis Cup team's tie against Spain in February.
In the 2007 French Open, Wawrinka pushed No. 7 seed Ivan Ljubičić to four sets before falling in the second round. He also claimed wins over Guillermo Cañas and Juan Ignacio Chela en route to a meeting with Rafael Nadal in the finals of the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart in July. There, Nadal edged the Swiss in straight sets, 6–4, 7–5.
In the 2007 US Open, Wawrinka reached the fourth round, a stage he had never reached previously in a Grand Slam event, notably defeating 25th seed Marat Safin (6–3 6–3 6–3) in an amazing show of talent in the second round. There, he was ousted by Juan Ignacio Chela at the end of an impressive 3h40 match (4–6, 6–2, 7–6 [6], 1–6, 6–4).

Stanislas Wawrinka

Thursday, November 18, 2010

ricky ponting cricket star

Ricky Thomas Ponting (born 19 December 1974 in Launceston, Tasmania), nicknamed Punter, is the current captain of the Australian cricket team. He is a specialist right-handed batsman, slips and close catching fielder, as well as a very occasional bowler. He is regarded as one of Australia's finest cricketers in the modern era. He represents the Tasmanian Tigers in Australian domestic cricket and played in the Indian Premier League with the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008.
Ponting made his first-class debut for Tasmania in November 1992, when just 17 years and 337 days old, becoming the youngest Tasmanian to play in a Sheffield Shield match. However, he had to wait until 1995 before making his One Day International (ODI) debut, during a quadrangular tournament in New Zealand in a match against South Africa. His Test debut followed shortly after, when selected for the first Test of the 1995 home series against Sri Lanka in Perth, in which he scored 96. He lost his place in the national team several times in the period before early-1999, due to lack of form and discipline, before becoming One Day International captain in early-2002 and Test captain in early-2004.
After being involved in over 140 Tests and 350 ODIs, Ponting is Australia's leading run-scorer in Test and ODI cricket, with more than 25,000 international runs as of July 2010. He has scored 39 Test centuries—behind only Indian Sachin Tendulkar (49)—and third for most runs in ODIs behind Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya.
Contents
* 1 1974–1995: Early life
o 1.1 Birth and personal life
o 1.2 Junior ranks
o 1.3 Early Australian domestic career
* 2 1995–1999: Early International career
o 2.1 Australian debut
o 2.2 1996 World Cup
o 2.3 1998 tours of the subcontinent and Ashes
* 3 1999–2002: The road back to the Australian side
o 3.1 First World Cup success (1999)
o 3.2 Defeat in India and 2001 Ashes
* 4 2002–2004: Appointment as One Day International captain
o 4.1 Appointment as One Day International captain
o 4.2 2002–03 Ashes victory and first World Cup success as captain
o 4.3 5000 Test runs
o 4.4 Most runs by an Australian in a calendar year (2003)
* 5 2004–2008: Appointment as Test captain
o 5.1 Australia lose Ashes series for the first time since 1987
o 5.2 Twin centuries in 100th Test
o 5.3 Australia's first Champions Trophy victory
o 5.4 Ashes regained and 10,000 ODI runs at 2007 World Cup
o 5.5 Sydney Test controversy
o 5.6 Third Australian to score 10,000 Test runs
* 6 2008–2010: Decline in form
o 6.1 Mixed team performances
o 6.2 Second Ashes series loss as captain
o 6.3 Troubles against the short ball and Player of the Decade
* 7 Style
o 7.1 Approach to cricket
o 7.2 Batting
o 7.3 Bowling and fielding
o 7.4 Captaincy
* 8 Books
* 9 See also
* 10 Notes
* 11 References
* 12 External links
1974–1995: Early life
Main article: Early life of Ricky Ponting
Birth and personal life
Born in Launceston, Tasmania on 19 December 1974, Ricky Ponting is the eldest of Graeme and Lorraine Ponting's four children. Graeme was "a good club cricketer" and played Australian rules, while Lorraine was a state vigoro champion. His uncle Greg Campbell played cricket for Australia in 1989 and 1990. Ponting's parents first lived in Prospect 4.1 km (2.5 mi) south of city centre; however, they moved into the working-class area of Newnham, 6 km (3.7 mi) north of central Launceston.
After marrying long-time girlfriend—law student Rianna Jennifer Cantor—in June 2002, Ponting credited her as the reason for his increased maturity. Their daughter Emmy Charlotte was born in Sydney on 26 July 2008.
Junior ranks
Introduced to cricket by father Graeme and uncle Greg Campbell,[6] Ponting played for the Mowbray Under–13s team at the age of 11 in 1985–86. In January 1986, he took part in the five day annual Northern Tasmania junior cricket competition. After scoring four centuries in a week, bat manufacturer Kookaburra gave Ponting a sponsorship contract while in just eighth grade mainly on the back of these four centuries. Ponting took this form into the Under-16s week-long competition less than a month later, scoring an even century on the final day Ted Richardson, the former head of the Northern Tasmanian Schools Cricket Association said: "Ricky is certainly the equal of David Boon at this level.
Australian Rules football was also a big part of Ponting's sporting life, and is a keen follower of the North Melbourne Kangaroos. During the winter he played junior football for North Launceston and up until he was 14, it could have become a possible sporting option. This was before he broke the humerus in his right arm playing for North Launceston Under–17s as a 13 year-old. Ponting's arm was so badly damaged, it had to be pinned. Told to endure a 14-week lay-off, he never played competitive football again.
During Tasmanian Sheffield Shield matches at the Northern Tasmanian Cricket Association Ground (NTCA Ground), Ponting helped out with the scoreboard, thereby surrounding himself with international cricketers. After leaving school at the end of year 10 in 1990, he began work as a groundsman at Scotch Oakburn College, a private school in Launceston. In 1991 the Northern Tasmanian Cricket Association sponsored Ponting to attend a fortnight's training at the Australian Institute of Sport's Cricket Academy in Adelaide. The two weeks turned into a full two-year sponsorship as he was acclaimed to be the best 17 year-old batsman, Academy coach Rod Marsh had ever seen.

Playing five games for Tasmania for the 1992 Under–19 carnival in Perth, Ponting scored 350 runs, earning him selection in the 13-man national Under–19 development squad for the upcoming tour of South Africa—the first Australian cricket team to make an official tour to the country since Bill Lawry's team in 1970.[16][17]